JPH101251A - Paper processing equipment and transaction processing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) Abstract: The present invention relates to a paper sheet that can increase the number of sheets that can be retained and increase the degree of use of a paper sheet processing apparatus, while maintaining a conventional conveyance path. It is intended to provide a processing device and a transaction processing device. The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing apparatus for stacking and holding paper sheets, wherein the paper sheet processing apparatus is provided with a plurality of holding units for dividing and holding the paper sheets by a predetermined number of sheets. And a transaction processing device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to paper sheets such as banknotes handled by a ticket vending machine or a checkout machine for a transportation business, an automatic teller machine in a finance business, and other various papers. The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing apparatus for processing leaves and a transaction processing apparatus including the paper sheet processing apparatus for performing transaction processing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A bill processing machine of a ticket vending machine (transaction processing machine) for handling bills will be described as an example of paper sheets.
Conventionally, there is an apparatus shown in FIG. In this apparatus, a discriminating unit 2 for discriminating authenticity and denomination of a banknote is connected to a stage subsequent to a bill insertion slot 1 and a conveying path 3 formed by a conveying belt or a conveying roller or the like is provided at a stage subsequent to the discriminating unit 2. A cassette 4 for stacking banknotes of handling denominations, a cassette 5 for 5,000 yen, a cassette 6 for 10,000 yen, and a change storage 7 and a discharge port 8 are connected to the transport path 3. doing.

[0003] In the cassette 4, 5, 6, on the side of taking in the bills, temporary holding units 9, 1 for temporarily holding the taken bills are provided.
0, 11 and stacking units 12, 1 for stacking banknotes on the top of the stack.
3 and 14, each of the temporary holding sections 9 to 11 is provided with push plates 15, 16 and 17 at its lower part. The 1,000 yen cassette 4 and the 5,000 yen cassette 5 are changed as change. In order to use the accumulated bills, respectively,
19 is provided.

In the stacking process of the bills in the cassettes 4, 5 and 6, the bills held in the temporary holding units 9 to 11 are pushed into the stacking units 12 to 14 by the pushing plates 15 to 17 and retracted to the lower part. Thus, the banknotes in the temporary holding units 9 to 11 can be accumulated. In the banknote processing apparatus configured as described above, the banknotes to be inserted into the insertion slot 1 are one by one. However, in the temporary holding units 9 to 11, a plurality of the banknotes are temporarily held simultaneously by overlapping them, and Until the deal is closed
Alternatively, the banknotes as the input cash are held until the next customer ticket issuance processing, and then the plurality of held banknotes are pushed into the pushing plate 1.
According to 5-17, they are accumulated in the upper accumulation units 12-14.

The above-mentioned temporary holding section 9 of each of the cassettes 4 to 6
In the configurations of Nos. 1 to 11, the holding amount of the temporary holding units 9 to 11, that is, the limit number of sheets to be superimposed is the number of depositable coins of the same denomination. That is, high-value transactions can be performed, and the degree of utilization can be increased.

However, when the customer cancels the transaction, the banknotes held in the temporary holding units 9 to 11 are returned collectively.
Problems occur in batch transport.

As shown in FIG. 1, for example, when a 10,000-yen bill A is held in the temporary holding section 11 of the 10,000-yen cassette 6, and the limit number of the bills is returned, the held bundle of bills is transferred along the transport path. 3 and is returned to the discharge port 8 from the change holding unit 7 via the transport path 3. In the wad transport of the return processing, the turn part a, in which the transport direction of the transport path 3 turns,
In part b, the transport load increases due to the deformation resistance of the wad, and the wad may be jammed.

In order to avoid this danger, it is necessary to significantly modify the transport path 3 and to increase the size of the transport motor, which necessitates an increase in cost. Further, due to the enlargement of the dimension of the transport path 3 in the thickness direction due to the remodeling, there is a problem that the reliability of one-sheet transport performed at the time of deposit is reduced.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a paper sheet which can increase the utilization limit of a paper sheet processing apparatus by increasing the maximum number of sheets that can be held while maintaining a conventional conveyance path. It is intended to provide a processing device and a transaction processing device.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a sheet processing apparatus for stacking and holding sheets, wherein a plurality of holding sections are provided for dividing and holding the sheets by a predetermined number of sheets. A sheet processing apparatus and a transaction processing apparatus, further comprising a first holding unit for stacking and holding sheets, wherein the first holding unit In the case where the number of paper sheets exceeds a predetermined number, the paper processing apparatus and the transaction processing apparatus are provided with switching means for storing the paper sheets in the second holding unit. A sheet processing apparatus having a first holding unit for stacking and holding sheets, wherein when the number of sheets in the first holding unit exceeds a predetermined number, the sheets are transferred to a second holding unit. At the same time, a transfer means for holding the inserted sheets in the first holding unit is provided. Paper processing device and a transaction processing device, and further provided with a return means for returning the divided and held paper sheets in an overlapped manner when there is a return instruction. It is a kind processing device and a transaction processing device.

[0011]

According to the present invention, a plurality of holding units are provided for holding a sheet by dividing the sheet into a predetermined number of sheets, so that if one holding unit reaches the predetermined number, the next sheet is replaced by another sheet. , The configuration other than the increased storage unit is the same as the conventional configuration, that is, the cost can be reduced, and the number of sheets to be stored can be easily increased by changing the control. Thus, the degree of use of the sheet processing apparatus and the transaction processing apparatus can be improved.

[0012] When the holding destination of the paper sheet is switched by the switching means, the continuous reception of the paper sheet is not impaired, so that a quick holding process can be obtained.

Further, when the sheet bundle held in the first holding section by the transfer means is transferred to another holding section and is held again in the first holding section, the sheet path for receiving the sheet (conveyance). Since the first route and the next route are the same route, the reception of the paper sheet is stable, and the reliability of the reception is obtained.

[0014] Further, when returning the paper sheets that have been divided and held, if they are returned for each division, it is easy to forget to take them. Can be prevented.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The drawing shows, for example, a bill processing device incorporated in a ticket vending machine (transaction processing device) for a ticket, and in FIG.
In this apparatus, a discriminating unit 22 for discriminating the authenticity and denomination of a banknote is connected to a stage subsequent to a bill insertion slot 21 and a conveying path 23 formed by a conveying belt or a conveying roller or the like is provided at a stage subsequent to the discriminating unit 22. , 1000 yen cassette 2 for stacking banknotes of handling denominations
A cassette 25 for 4, 5,000 yen and a cassette 26 for 10,000 yen are detachably connected, and a change holding section 27, a discharge port 28, and a division holding section 40 are connected to the transport path 23. .

Further, on the side of the cassettes 24, 25, 26 for taking in the bills, temporary holding units 29, 30, 31 for temporarily holding the taken-in bills, and stacking units 32, 33, 34, and each of the temporary holding units 29-
31 has a push plate (pusher plate) 35, 3
In order to use the banknotes accumulated as the change in the 1000 yen cassette 24 and the 5,000 yen cassette 25, the feeding sections 38, 39 for feeding out the stacked banknotes.
In addition, on the upper surface of the 10,000-yen cassette 26, a forgotten banknote collecting unit 41 is formed to collect the forgotten banknotes when the banknotes discharged to the discharge port 28 are forgotten.

In the stacking process of the bills in the cassettes 24, 25 and 26, the bills held in the respective temporary holding sections 29 to 31 are pushed into the inside of the stacking sections 32 to 34 by the pushing plates 35 to 37 and evacuated to the lower part. Thus, the banknotes in the temporary holding units 29 to 31 can be accumulated.

FIG. 3 shows the above-mentioned 1,000-yen cassette 24. The temporary holding unit 29 includes a transport belt 42 on which the banknotes are placed and a transport roller in order to hold the fed banknotes one after another. 43 so as to be able to take in and send out bills, and the reserved amount of bills is, for example, 20
Is set to one.

Between the temporary holding section 29 and the stacking section 32, there is provided a partition plate 44 which supports both sides of the bill and has a center allowing passage of the pushing plate 35. These configurations are the same for the other cassettes 25 and 26.
In the case of the cassette 24 for 1,000 yen and the cassette 25 for 5,000 yen,
Since the feeding portions 38 and 39 are provided, the respective pushing plates 35 and 36 are raised to the feeding portions 38 and 39, and the stacked bills are pressed against the feeding portions 38 and 39 so that the feeding operation can be performed. Then, any of the cassettes 24 and 2
5 and 26 can also be attached to and detached from the banknote handling machine.

FIG. 4 shows the above-mentioned divided holding section 40, which is provided with a transport belt 48 and a transport roller 49 on which the bills held in the divided holding section 40 are placed. The banknote holding amount is set to, for example, 20 sheets.

FIG. 5 shows a control circuit block of the banknote handling machine. The CPU 61 drives and controls each circuit device in accordance with a program stored in the ROM 62.
The data necessary for the bill processing operation is stored. The transport path drive control unit 64 controls the drive of the transport path 23 in the bill taking-in direction and the change releasing direction.

The 1,000 yen cassette drive control unit 65 controls the driving of the temporary holding process, the accumulation process, and the feeding process of the 1000 yen cassette 24. The cassette drive control unit 66 for 5,000 yen is
The drive control of the temporary holding process, the stacking process, and the feeding process of the 5,000 yen cassette 25 is performed. The 10,000-yen cassette drive control section 67 performs drive control of the 10,000-yen cassette 26 for temporary holding processing and accumulation processing. The change holding unit drive control unit 68
The change control unit 27 controls the change holding process and the release process of the change holding unit 27. The division holding unit drive control unit 69
The drive control of the process of taking in, holding and sending out the bill of zero is performed. The forgotten banknote collection unit drive control unit 70 controls the driving of the forgotten banknote collection unit 41 to take in the banknotes.

The CP of the banknote handling apparatus constructed as described above
The bill processing operation of U61 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. With reference to FIG.
When this is detected, the discrimination unit 22 and the transport path 23 are driven in the taking-in direction, and then the discrimination unit 22
Determines the authenticity and denomination of the banknote, and if the identification is poor or is not a handled denomination, the discriminating unit 22 is reversed and returned to the slot (steps n1, n2, n3, n4).

When the handling denomination is identified in step n3 described above, the denomination is transported to the temporary holding units 29, 30, 31 of the cassettes 24, 25, 26 of the corresponding denomination and held (step n).
5) When the holding is completed (step n6), it is determined whether or not the next bill is inserted (step n7). If the bill is inserted, the holding of the holding unit held in the temporary holding units 29 to 31 is performed. Is determined to have reached the set number (for example, 20). If the number has not reached the set number, the process returns to step n2 (step n8) to accept the next bill.

However, when the number of sheets held in the temporary holding units 29 to 31 reaches the set number of the holding amount, for example, 20 sheets, the banknotes are sent out from the temporary holding units 29 to 31 and transferred to the transport path 23. Is stored in the division holding unit 40 (step n9), and thereafter, the process returns to step n2.

Referring to FIG. 7, when the completion of the bill insertion can be confirmed in step n7 described above, it is next determined whether or not a ticket selling transaction has been established (step n10). Next, it is determined whether or not there is a change (step n11). If there is a change, the change is paid out from the corresponding cassettes 24, 25, and 26 and stored in the change storage unit 27 (step n12). When the required amount is superimposed on the change holding unit 27, it is discharged to the discharge port 28 (steps n13 and n14).

In step n11, if there is no change, steps n12 to 14 are skipped, and in step n15, in step n9, the division holding unit 40
It is determined whether or not there is a refuge banknote held in the temporary storage unit 29.
31 and overlaps with the banknote group already reserved in the section (steps n16 and n17).

In step n15 described above, if there is no retraction banknote in the divided holding section 40, the above-mentioned step n1 is executed.
In order to skip banknotes 6, n17 and accumulate the banknote groups held in the temporary holding units 29-31 in the upper stacking units 32-34, the corresponding push-in plates (pusher plates) 35, 3
6, 37, and the corresponding cassettes 24, 25,
(Step n)
18, n19), and the process ends.

If it is determined in step n10 that the transaction has not been established and the cancellation is determined by the cancel / return button (step n20), the aforementioned steps n5 and n6 are executed.
The banknotes temporarily held in the cassettes 24, 25,
26, are sent from the temporary holding units 29, 30, and 31, and are held in the change holding unit 27. When there is a temporary hold of a plurality of denominations, they are superimposed on the change holding unit 27, and further divided in step n9 described above. Even when there is a banknote evacuated to the holding unit 40, the banknote is superimposed on the change holding unit 27 as described above (step n21).

When the above-mentioned superposition of the returned bills is completed (step n22), the stack is released to the discharge port 28 (step n23), and when the withdrawal of the returned bills is detected (step n24), the transaction is completed. .

Further, of the above-mentioned processing, the processing of the suspension of division and the accumulation or return and release of the suspension of division will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. For example, a customer pays a 10,000 yen bill,
Assuming that the amount exceeding the limit of 20 sheets, which is the holding limit of the temporary holding section 31, is inserted, the 10,000-yen bill inserted into the insertion slot 21 becomes the temporary holding section 3 of the 10,000-yen cassette 26 as shown in FIG.
1 to 20 sheets (steps n1 to n8 described above).
Corresponding to). When the number of holdings in the temporary holding unit 31 reaches 20, the holding limit of the unit 31 is 20. Therefore, as shown in FIG. (Retreat) to retreat (Step n
9). Thereafter, for the insertion of the 10,000-th bill from the 21st sheet onward, as shown in FIG.

When the transaction is completed, as shown in FIG.
The bundle of 10,000 yen bills evacuated to the split holding section 40 is sent to the original temporary holding section 31, and the 1
If there is a 10,000-yen bill, it is superimposed on it, and thereafter, the reserved 10,000-yen bill of that section is accumulated in the upper accumulation section 34 (step n1 described above).
6 to n19).

On the other hand, when the transaction is not concluded, as shown in FIG. 12, first, a bundle of twenty 10,000-yen bills evacuated to the division holding unit 40 is sent out and held in the change holding unit 27. If there is a 10,000-yen bill held in the temporary holding section 31, it is sent to the change holding section 27 and superimposed by the section 27 (corresponding to steps n20 to n23 described above), as shown in FIG. Then, it is released from the outlet 28 and returned (corresponding to steps n23 and n24).

The division holding section 40 is used for each denomination, but is used only for denominations that have reached the set number of 20 first in one transaction.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the banknotes can be divided into 20 predetermined sheets and retained in the division retaining section 40.
When the number of sheets to be held in one sheet reaches the predetermined number of 20, the next sheet may be held in the split holding unit 40.
With the exception of the configuration described above, the number of held sheets can be increased with the same configuration as the previous configuration, and can be easily performed at low cost and by changing the control.
The degree of use of the sheet processing apparatus can be improved.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the division holding section 40
Was formed, and was evacuated. However, as other means, an unused temporary storage unit such as the temporary storage unit 30 of the 5,000 yen cassette 25 was used. It is also possible to divide and save on the route 23.

Further, in the embodiment, when the number of sheets held in the temporary holding unit 31 reaches the predetermined number of 20, the number is transferred to the divided holding unit 40 and held again in the temporary holding unit 31. However, as another control method, When the temporary holding unit 31 holds the set number of 20 bills, the subsequent banknotes may be held in the split holding unit 40. Further, in the embodiment, the number of the division holding units 40 is one, but a plurality of the units may be provided.

In the embodiment, the ticket vending machine has been described. However, the present invention can be used for other transaction processing apparatuses, and is also used for processing other paper sheets regardless of bills. be able to.

Further, the plurality of holding units of the present invention correspond to the temporary holding units 29 to 31 and the plurality of divided holding units 40 of the embodiment, and similarly, the first holding unit corresponds to the temporary holding units 29 to 31.
31, the second holding unit corresponds to the split holding unit 40, and when the temporary holding unit 31 holds the set amount of 20 sheets, the switching unit sends the subsequent banknotes to the split holding unit 40. In response to the control function of the CPU 60 that controls the hold, the transfer unit, when the 21st 10,000-yen bill is inserted, collects a bundle of 20 10,000-yen bills held in the temporary holding unit 31 in a lump. Then, it is sent to the division holding unit 40 (retreat) and evacuated, and then corresponds to the control function of the CPU 60 that holds the 21st and subsequent 10,000-yen bills in the temporary holding unit 31 again. After the 10,000-yen bill of the holding section 40 and the 10,000-yen bill of the temporary holding section 31 are superimposed on the change holding section 27, the outlet 2
Although the present invention corresponds to the control function of the CPU 60 that has been released and returned, the present invention is not limited to only the configuration of the embodiment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a conventional bill processing device of a ticket vending machine.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a bill processing device of a ticket vending machine based on the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a cassette.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of a division holding unit.

FIG. 5 is a control circuit block diagram of the bill processing device of the ticket vending machine.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of bill processing.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a continuation of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a deposit holding process.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a process of saving a division hold.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing processing of deposit hold after division hold.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing a division suspension accumulation process.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a process of returning a division suspension.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory view following FIG. 12;

[Explanation of symbols]

 24, 25, 26 cassette 29, 30, 31 temporary storage unit 32, 33, 34 stacking unit 40 divided storage unit

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A sheet processing apparatus for stacking and holding sheets, wherein the sheet processing apparatus includes a plurality of holding units for dividing and holding the sheets by a predetermined number of sheets. 2. A sheet processing apparatus provided with a first holding unit for stacking and holding sheets, wherein a second sheet is stored when the number of sheets in the first holding unit exceeds a predetermined number. A sheet processing apparatus provided with a switching unit for holding sheets in a holding unit. 3. A sheet processing apparatus provided with a first holding unit for stacking and holding sheets, wherein when the number of sheets in said first holding unit exceeds a predetermined number, said sheet is processed. A paper sheet processing apparatus provided with a transfer means for transferring papers to a second holding unit and further holding the inserted sheets in the first holding unit. 4. A paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a return means for returning the paper sheets which have been divided and held, when there is a return instruction, and superimposes the returned paper sheets. 5. A transaction processing apparatus comprising the paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4.